On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 312 of 313 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 11,306 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-07 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 72 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2000-06-02–2002-06-26 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
Deputy, please. It is completely inappropriate and at variance with the traditions and Standing Orders of the House to make any comment here on a member of the Judiciary. Please do not go down that road. As Deputies Cannon and Nolan are not here, I call Deputy Andrews.
Deputies Sean Sherlock, Michael Healy-Rae and Paul Donnelly have not been reached and will be given priority tomorrow. I regret to say we are 20 minutes behind schedule and must move on.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
The Taoiseach has a little over three minutes for a response.
If I may interrupt the discussion, we are over time. Could we perhaps allocate five minutes from the next question to this to allow the Taoiseach to respond? Do Members want that?
We move on to Question No. 10. I think there are about 13 minutes for this question.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Thomas Gould, Pa Daly, Rose Conway-Walsh and Martin Kenny - to discuss the crisis in local government funding due to Covid-19 measures; (2) Deputy Gary Gannon - to discuss expected strike action by school secretaries and ASTI members; (3) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss price increases for housing developments for first-time buyers…
Can we all-----
Calm down, Deputy.
I thank the Taoiseach. His time is up.
Thank you very much. We will conclude Leaders' Questions on that and move to the Order of Business.
The House has agreed, for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency only, that the rapporteur's report of the Order of Business shall not be read out but shall be taken as read. There are three proposals to put to the House today. First, is the proposal for dealing with Tuesday’s business agreed to?
Deputies Paul Murphy, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and-----
We are moving away from the Order of Business.
Can we hear the Taoiseach, without interruption?
Can we just let the Taoiseach respond, please?
Are we all happy to come in on Friday and have a special debate? Yes, okay. Can I take it that the proposal for dealing with today's business is agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to? Agreed. Is the proposal for dealing with-----
Is the business for the week agreed?
In fairness, if we are to respect our Oireachtas committees, we should consider that if an Oireachtas committee has a discussion on a matter, it would seem rather pointless to have the same discussion in the Chamber with largely the same group of people on the same day. I do not know that we would be complimented for our great use of parliamentary time if that is what we were to embark on. Can I take it that Thursday's businesses is agreed to now? Agreed. I thank all the Deputies for that.